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Dublin Area   S: Kippure & Kilbride Subarea
Place count in area: 18, OSI/LPS Maps: 43, 50, 56, AWW, EW-DM, EW-WE, EW-WW 
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Kippure, 757m
Maximum height for area: 757 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 262 metres,

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Seefingan Mountain Suí Fingain A name in Irish, also Suí Fionnagáin, also Shankill Mountain an extra EastWest name in English (Ir. Suí Fingain [OSNB*], 'Fingan's seat') Dublin/ Wicklow County in Leinster Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Fine-grained granodiorite to granite Bedrock

Height: 722.9m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 56 Grid Reference: O08667 16980
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Longitude: -6.374931, Latitude: 53.192444 , Easting: 308668, Northing: 216981 Prominence: 101.45m,  Isolation: 1.5km
ITM: 708593 717010,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Sfngn, 10 char: Seefingan
Bedrock type: Fine-grained granodiorite to granite, (Type 1 granodiorite)

Seefingan, like Seefin and Seahan, has a large megalithic cairn on its summit.   Seefingan is the second highest mountain in the Dublin area and the 97th highest in Ireland. Seefingan is the second highest point in county Dublin.

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Take R759 off the N81 to Blessington at the turn .. by GWPR   (Show all for Seefingan (Suí Fingain))
 
Climbed 10/02/07 as part of Seefingan Circuit (su .. by eflanaga   (Show all for Seefingan (Suí Fingain))
 
The easiest approach due to erosion .. by dmcdevitt   (Show all for Seefingan (Suí Fingain))
 
Seefingan from Seefin is a pleasant enough stroll .. by murphysw   (Show all for Seefingan (Suí Fingain))
 
sinbadw on Seefingan, 2004
by sinbadw  8 Nov 2004
We made our way from Seefin over to Seefingan via a well trodden and boggy track. The surrounding countryside was obscured by the mist and we tramped on until the megalithic tomb loomed out of the mist ahead of us. Here we parted company with our companion and his terrior who were stopping off for a bit of lunch, we made our way due south with the intention of following fire-breaks down through the wood to the forrest roads, but after several dead-ends we opted to climb again to the tree-line and follow it back to the original track we took up to Seefin. One such dead end did allow me a moment in th mist with the firs looming large and vague around me and the pure silence peculiar to such weather brought me back to when my grandfather and I followed the hounds on foot, early on a Saturday morning in South Tipp, down a muddy lane and into a field where a small copse of trees would hover indistincly, and silently in the mist. Then there would be a fantastic hullabaloo as the horses and hounds thundered out of the fog followed by the ethereal silence once again as they moved on to the next draw. I am not a fan of fox hunting but I do appreciate those memories, though I was a reluctant participant at the time :-) Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/92/comment/1306/
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On Sunday the little lady and I tried out the See .. by Aderon   (Show all for Seefingan (Suí Fingain))
 
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